FROM THE FILES OF THE COURANT

THE HARTFORD COURANT

225 years ago

August 21, 1769

BOSTON, August 17.

An Extract of a Letter from London, dated June 7, 1769.

The Design of people in power here has been to alter the Constitution of your Province, which has been acknowledged by some of the Ministry, who have alledged [sic] that the People had too much power, and I question if the delay of the repeal of the late Acts is not defiled by giving Time to tamper with the respective Provinces and thereby break the Union and Harmony . . .

100 years ago

August 20, 1894

"Your National Guard appears to me to be top heavy," said a field officer from another state to "The Courant" man at Camp Bradley Thursday evening. "You have six brigadier generals on the governor's staff, each of whom draws $20.07 a day, including $5 a day for a horse, which some of them can hardly ride, and there are six colonels with pay of $14.59 a day each including horse.

25 years ago

August 20, 1969

GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) -- Limited martial law was clamped down on Mississippi's storm-ravaged coast strip Tuesday and Gov. John Bell Williams said Hurricane Camille's death toll may soar far higher than first feared.

"Because of the fact that bodies are now being found regularly, some people estimate the death rate could go up above 500 and possibly reach 1,000," he said.